Svanholm
Sign in to savethumb|Svanholm Svanholm is a country estate and former manor west of Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1978 an association of over 100 persons bought the estate to create Denmark's largest intentional community. The Svanholm collective grows its own food and was one of the pioneers of organic farming in Denmark. As of January 2006, membership consisted of 70 adults and 35 children aged 0 to 80, jointly owning around of farmland, park, and woodlands.
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Open to visitors
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Svanholm Svanholm is a country estate and former manor west of Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1978 an association of over 100 persons bought the estate to create Denmark's largest intentional community. The Svanholm collective grows its own food and was one of the pioneers of organic farming in Denmark. As of January 2006, membership consisted of 70 adults and 35 children aged 0 to 80, jointly owning around of farmland, park, and woodlands.
The name comes from svan meaning "swan" and holm meaning "islet"; ie. Svanholm means "Swan-isle".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Svanholm” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations